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Sampler

Hannah Culleup (English)

1687

Object PlaceEngland

Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave embroidered with silk and linen

Dimensions83 x 42.5 cm (32 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection

Accession number43.276

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InscriptionsEmbroidered in cross stitched silk thread in all caps starting at top band of sampler: "Two thing have I resolv/ed of thee deny me them/ not before I die remove fa/r from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty/ nor riches feed me with/ food convenient for me lest I be full a/nd deny thee and say who is the Lord/ or lest I be poor and steal and take t/he name of my God in vain 1687/ Hannah Cullcup"

ProvenanceLent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943